Cross references

Isaiah 9:3

You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.

The people rejoice before You

as they rejoice at harvest time,

as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

Isaiah 9:3 BSB

Isaiah 9:3 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 119:162 (7 votes) and Isaiah 26:15 (7 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Judges 5 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 9:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

  2. You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

  3. So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

  4. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

  5. Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

  6. Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

  7. For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

  8. They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. …

  9. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

  10. So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

  11. Psalm 4:74 votes

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